考研高频单词【柯林斯词典解释版】.doc

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abandon 4
abide 4
abide by 4
abolish 4
absorb 4
absorbed 5
abuse 5
accelerate 5
access 5
accommodate 6
accompany 6
accomplish 6
accumulate 6
accuse 6
accusing 6
accused 7
accustom 7
accustomed 7
achieve 7
acquaint 7
acquainted 7
acquire 8
activate 8
adapt 8
adapted 8
adhere 8
adjoin 8
adjunct 8
adjust 9
administer 9
admire 9
admit 9
adopt 10
adore 10
advertise 10
advise 10
advocate 11
affect 11
affiliate 11
afflict 11
aggravate 11
allege 11
alleviate 12
allocate 12
alter 12
announce 12
anticipate 12
apologize 12
appeal 13
applaud 13
applause 13
appoint 13
approach 14
approve 14
argue 14
arise 15
arouse 15
arrest 16
articulate 16
ascend 16
ascertain 17
ascribe 17
assassinate 17
assault 17
assert 17
asset 18
assign 18
assist 18
associate 19
assume 19
assure 19
attach 20
attain 20
augment 20
avail 20
authorize 21
automate 21
avail 21
avert 21
B 21
besiege 21
bestow 21
betray 21
blend 22
boom 22
boycott 23
breeze 23
broaden 23
burnish 23
bustle 24
C 24
calculate 24
cease 24
censor 24
certify 24
charge 25
chase 26
chatter 27
cherish 27
chew 28
choke 28
chop 28
circulate 29
claim 29
clarify 30
clatter 30
cling clung 31
clutch 31
coincide 31
collaborate 31
collapse 32
collide 32
comb 32
commemorate 33
commence 33
commend 33
commute 33
commit 33
communicate 34
compare 35
compel 35
compensate 35
compete 36
compile 36
compliment 36
comply 37
compose 37
comprehend 37
compress 37
comprise 38
compromise 38
conceal 38
concede 39
conceive 39
concentrate 39
conclude 40
condemn 40
confer 41
confine 41
confiscate 41
confound 41
confront 42
confuse 42
congratulate 42
conquer 43
consent 43
conserve 43
constitute 43
constrain 43
contaminate 44
contend 44
contract 44
contradict 45
contrast 45
contribute 46
contrive 46
convene 46
converge 46
converse 47
convert 47
convey 47
convict 48
convince 48
co-operate also cooperate 48
co-operation 48
corporate 48
correlate 48
correspond 49
corrode 49
counterfeit 49
crash 49
criticize 50
crumble 50
culminate 50
cultivate 51
D 51
deafen 51
decay 51
declare 51
decline 52
decorate 52
decrease 53
decree 53
dedicate 53
deduce 53
deem 53
deflect 54
defunct 54
defy 54
deliberate 54
demonstrate 55
denounce 55
deprive 55
derive 55
descend 55
deserve 56
designate 56
despise 57
detach 57
deteriorate 57
deviate 57
dictate 57
diffuse 58
diminish 58
disappear 58
discard 59
discern 59
discourse 59
discriminate 59
disguise 59
disperse 59
displace 60
dispose 60
dispute 60
distinguish 60
distort 61
divert 61
dodge 61
dominate 62
domination 62
donate 62
drag 62
duplicate 63
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abandon
1 If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
The road is strewn with abandoned vehicles. VERB: V n, V-ed
2 If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished.
The authorities have abandoned any attempt to distribute food...
VERB: V n = give up continue
3 If you abandon an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way.
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea. VERB: V n = give up
4 If you say that someone does something with abandon, you mean that they behave in a wild, uncontrolled way and do not think or care about how they should behave.
He has spent money with gay abandon...
N-UNCOUNT: usu with N disapproval
5 see also abandoned
6 If people abandon ship, they get off a ship because it is sinking.
PHRASE: v inflects
abide
If you can't abide someone or something, you dislike them very much.
I can't abide people who can't make up their minds... PHRASE: with brd-neg = can't stand
see also abiding, law-abiding
abide by
If you abide by a law, agreement, or decision, you do what it says you should do.
They have got to abide by the rules.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n = observe
abolish
If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
The following year Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for murder... VERB: V n
absorb
1 If something absorbs a liquid gas or other substance it soaks it up or takes it in.
Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air and moisture from the soil...
Refined sugars are absorbed into the bloodstream very quickly.
VERB: V n be V-ed into n = soak up
2 If something absorbs light heat or another form of energy it takes it in.
A household radiator absorbs energy in the form of electric current and releases it in the form of heat. VERB: V n
3 If a group is absorbed into a larger group it becomes part of the larger group.
The Colonial Office was absorbed into the Foreign Office.
...an economy capable of absorbing thousands of immigrants.
VERB: be V-ed into n V n
4 If something absorbs a force or shock it reduces its effect.
...footwear which does not absorb the impact of the foot striking the ground.
VERB: V n
5 If a system or society absorbs changes effects or costs it is able to deal with them.
The banks would be forced to absorb large losses... VERB: V n
6 If something absorbs something valuable such as money space or time
it uses up a great deal of it.
It absorbed vast amounts of capital that could have been used for investment...
VERB: V n = consume
7 If you absorb information you learn and understand it. = digest assimilate
Too often he only absorbs half the information in the manual... VERB: V n
8 If something absorbs you it interests you a great deal and takes up all your attention and energy.
...a second career which absorbed her more completely than her acting ever had. VERB: V n
see also absorbed absorbing
absorbed
If you are absorbed in something or someone, you are very interested in them and they take up all your attention and energy.
They were completely absorbed in each other... ADJ: v-link ADJ usu ADJ in/by n = engrossed
abuse
The noun and verb is pronounced differently
1 Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
...investigation of alleged child abuse.
...victims of sexual and physical abuse.
...controversy over human rights abuses.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl, usu with supp
2 Abuse is extremely rude and insulting things that people say when they are angry.
I was left shouting abuse as the car sped off... N-UNCOUNT
3 Abuse of something is the use of it in a wrong way or for a bad purpose.
What went on here was an abuse of power.
...drug and alcohol abuse.
N-VAR: with supp
4 If someone is abused, they are treated cruelly and violently.
Janet had been abused by her father since she was eleven.
...parents who feel they cannot cope or might abuse their children.
...those who work with abused children.
VERB: be V-ed, V n, V-ed
abus er abusers
...a convicted child abuser.
N-COUNT
5 You can say that someone is abused if extremely rude and insulting things are said to them. = insult
He alleged that he was verbally abused by other soldiers. VERB: be V-ed, also V n
6 If you abuse something, you use it in a wrong way or for a bad purpose.
He showed how the rich and powerful can abuse their position. VERB: V n
abus er
...the treatment of alcohol and drug abusers. N-COUNT
accelerate
1 If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
Growth will accelerate to 2.9 per cent next year...
The government is to accelerate its privatization programme. VERB: V, V n
2 When a moving vehicle accelerates, it goes faster and faster.
Suddenly the car accelerated...
She accelerated away from the kerb.
VERB: V, V prep/adv
access
1 If you have access to a building or other place, you are able or allowed to go into it.
The facilities have been adapted to give access to wheelchair users...
Scientists have only recently been able to gain access to the area...
The Mortimer Hotel offers easy access to central London. N-UNCOUNT: usu N to n
2 If you have access to something such as information or equipment, you have the opportunity or right to see it or use it.
...a Code of Practice that would give patients right of access to their medical records.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N to n
3 If you have access to a person, you have the opportunity or right to see them or meet them.
He was not allowed access to a lawyer.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N to n
4 If you access something, especially information held on a computer, you succeed in finding or obtaining it.
You've illegally accessed and misused confidential security files. VERB: V n
accommodate
1 If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
The school in Poldown was not big enough to accommodate all the children...
VERB: no cont, V n
2 To accommodate someone means to provide them with a place to live or stay.
...a hotel built to accommodate guests for the wedding of King Alfonso...
Students are accommodated in homes nearby. VERB: V n, be V-ed prep/adv
3 If something is planned or changed to accommodate a particular situation, it is planned or changed so that it takes this situation into account. (FORMAL)
The roads are built to accommodate gradual temperature changes... VERB: V n
4 If you do something to accommodate someone, you do it with the main purpose of pleasing or satisfying them.
He has never put an arm around his wife to accommodate photographers...
VERB: V n = oblige
accompany
1 If you accompany someone, you go somewhere with them. (FORMAL)
Ken agreed to accompany me on a trip to Africa...
The Prime Minister, accompanied by the governor, led the President up to the house.
VERB: V n, V-ed
2 If one thing accompanies another, it happens or exists at the same time, or as a result of it. (FORMAL)
This volume of essays was designed to accompany an exhibition in Cologne.. VERB: V n
3 If you accompany a singer or a musician, you play one part of a piece of music while they sing or play the main tune.
He sang and Alice accompanied him on the piano... VERB: V n
accomplish
If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
If we'd all work together, I think we could accomplish our goal...
They are skeptical about how much will be accomplished by legislation.
VERB: V n, V n = achieve
accumulate
When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time.
Households accumulate wealth across a broad spectrum of assets...
Lead can accumulate in the body until toxic levels are reached.
VERB: V n, V = build up
accuse
1 If you accuse someone of doing something wrong or dishonest, you say or tell them that you believe that they did it.
He was accusing my mum of having an affair with another man...
Talk things through in stages. Do not accuse or apportion blame.
VERB: V n of n/-ing, V
2 If you are accused of a crime, a witness or someone in authority states or claims that you did it, and you may be formally charged with it and put on trial.
Her assistant was accused of theft and fraud by the police...
All seven charges accused him of lying in his testimony...
The accused men have been given relatively light sentences.
VERB: be V-ed of n, V n of n, V-ed
3 see also accused, accusing
4 If someone stands accused of something, they have been accused of it.
The candidate stands accused of breaking promises even before he's in office...
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR of n/-ing
accusing
If you look at someone with an accusing expression or speak to them in an accusing tone of voice, you are showing that you think they have done something wrong.
The accusing look in her eyes conveyed her sense of betrayal. ADJ
ac cus ing ly
`Where have you been?' he asked Blake accusingly. ADV: ADV after v
accused
You can use the accused to refer to a person or a group of people charged with a crime or on trial for it. (LEGAL)
The accused is alleged to be a member of a right-wing gang...
N-COUNT: the N = defendant
accustom
If you accustom yourself or another person to something, you make yourself or them become used to it. (FORMAL) = familiarize
The team has accustomed itself to the pace of first division rugby...
Shakespeare has accustomed us to a mixture of humor and tragedy in the same play.
VERB: V pron-refl to n, V n to n
see also accustomed
accustomed
1 If you are accustomed to something, you know it so well or have experienced it so often that it seems natural, unsurprising, or easy to deal with.
I was accustomed to being the only child at a table full of adults...
ADJ: v-link ADJ to n/-ing = used
2 When your eyes become accustomed to darkness or bright light, they adjust so that you start to be able to see things, after not being able to see properly at first.
My eyes were becoming accustomed to the gloom. ADJ: v-link ADJ to n
3 You can use accustomed to describe an action that someone usually does, a quality that they usually show, or an object that they usually use.
He took up his accustomed position with his back to the fire...
Freed acted with his accustomed shrewdness.
...his accustomed glass of whisky.
ADJ: poss ADJ n = usual, habitual
achieve
If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
There are many who will work hard to achieve these goals...
We have achieved what we set out to do. VERB: V n, V n = accomplish
acquaint
If you acquaint someone with something, you tell them about it so that they know it. If you acquaint yourself with something, you learn about it. (FORMAL) = familiarize
...efforts to acquaint the public with their rights under the new law...
I want to acquaint myself with your strengths and weaknesses.
VERB: V n with n, V pron-refl with n see also acquainted
acquainted
1 If you are acquainted with something, you know about it because you have learned it or experienced it. (FORMAL)
He was well acquainted with the literature of France, Germany and Holland...
ADJ: v-link ADJ with n = familiar
2 If you are acquainted w